2) Set the safety to
safe position, as shown in figure 2.
3) Close the bolt.
4) While applying pressure forward
on the bolt handle a gap will open between the cocking
piece and the bolt sleeve.
5) Place a coin (nickel) in the gap.
6) Release the bolt handle
so the gap closes and the coin is held in the gap between the
cocking piece and bolt sleeve.
7) Swing the thumb piece
of the bolt stop and remove the bolt, while making
sure not to disturb the coin.
8) Turn the bolt sleeve
counter-clockwise until you can separate it from the bolt body.
9) Separate the bolt body
and firing pin assembly.
10) Turn the extractor
(clockwise) so that it covers the gas escape holes
in the bolt body.
11) Push the
extractor forward until it is free of the extractor collar's
T.
12) Remove the extractor.
13) Using a block of wood, place
the point of the firing pin on the wood. Grasp the bolt sleeve
and compress the main spring. Remove the coin.
14) When the bolt sleeve
clears the cocking piece, turn the cocking piece a
quarter turn, in either direction.
15) Remove the cocking piece.
16) Slowly and very carefully
allow the main spring to expand.
17) Remove the bolt sleeve.
18) Remove the main spring
from the striker.
19) Figure 19 shows the
disassembled m1917 bolt.
Reassembly Instructions
20) Figure 20 shows the bottom of the
extractor and the adjacent extractor collar.
21) Slide the extractor
over the T mount on the extractor collar.
22) Carefully lift the top of the
extractor only enough to clear the edge of
the face of the bolt. Slide the extractor
down onto the bolt body and over the extractor collar.
23) Rotate the extractor counter-clockwise
until it is in the groove at the front of the bolt body.
24) Figure 24 shows the correctly
installed extractor.
25) Place the main spring
on the firing pin.
26) Place the bolt sleeve
over the firing pin.
27) Hold the bolt sleeve
while compressing the main spring, replace the cocking
piece on the end of the firing pin.
28) Lock the cocking piece in place by turning
it a quarter turn so that its lug aligns with the lug-slot
in the bolt sleeve.
29) With the bolt sleeve
keeping the main spring compressed, return the coin
to the gap as shown in figure 29.
30) Insert firing pin assembly
into the bolt body.
31) Turn the firing pin assembly clockwise.
32) Make sure safety
is engaged (in safe position).
Align the bolt's extractor
with right hand locking lug (solid - not slotted lug) on
bolt and then insert into rear of receiver.
Make sure cocking piece lug is aligned with cocking
piece groove in rear of receiver and depress the magazine
follower before pushing the bolt
fully into receiver.
33) Apply forward pressure on
the bolt handle and remove the coin from gap.
34) Open the bolt.
35) Turn safety to
fire position (forward).
36) Depress the magazine follower and
push the bolt forward and lock into place.
